Mullins, Shawn - The Ghost Of Johnny Cash Lyrics
I woke up in a cold sweat
From a dream at 3 a.m.
I was drifting on a sea of shadows
The rain was whipping in the wind
Reach out and take the helm
And he charted us a course
Out into the spirit realm
I can taste the salt
And feel the blisters on my hands
As I'm pulling at the oars
Rowing on to glory land
And sitting in the stern
Is my broken guardian angel
The ghost of Johnny Cash
Well, Johnny's quoting from the Bible
Well, I'm trying to steer this leaky craft
His familiar voice reminds me
I'm a man who's cut in half
His tarnished halo slips and shines
As the raging billows crash
And I'm riding out the deluge
With the ghost of Johnny Cash
Some sinners need their saints to be
Survivors of the fall
'Cause when you're down here on your knees
Most angels look too tall
So I'll just live this life out
Dust to dust and ash to ash
With my guide from the other side
The ghost of Johnny Cash
You gotta stand for something
'Cause when you're gone you're gone
And the devil lost a lot of souls
When Johnny put that black suit on
He's still flipping off the Pharisees
Laughing that ole scratch
While he haunts the halls of heaven
The ghost of Johnny Cash
Some sinners need their saints to be
Survivors of the fall
'Cause when you're down here on your knees
Most angels look too tall
So I'll just live this life out
Dust to dust and ash to ash
With my guide from the other side
The ghost of Johnny Cash
Yeah, I've just lived this life out
Dust to dust and ash to ash
Until I'm raising hell in heaven
With the ghost of Johnny Cash
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Mullins, Shawn The Ghost Of Johnny Cash Comments
This song is a masterpiece of words and music. Thank you much.
Nicely Done Shawn! Great Song.
I cannot get enough of his VOICE! Not a bad looking bloke either, if I may say. 😆😉
"Still flipping off the Pharisees..."
LOL-love it!
beautiful music.
Please, Shawn...come to my town.
bad to the bone...love it
Shawn Mullins is an amazingly talented man; thank you for the stories through music for all these years!
wow wow!!love it shawn! !johhnys a saint and you christened him!!hello from Adelaide Australia mate!
This song gives me chills every time I hear it. I'm sure that Mr. Cash approves, wherever his soul might happen to reside.
Love this song. Shawn's voice is so rich and melodic and of course this song is written about one of the titans of music and popular culture. Not much can go wrong with a combination like that.
Johnny's looking down from heaven and he's very proud of you Shawn, I love to hear you do sunday morning coming down also brother
Chris mullins right here showin love to you and Johnny Cash CeeNiAL
neither shawn or chuck wrote this one
Who wrote the song? Shawn Mullins or Chuck Cannon?
Is the singer on thorazine?
WOOOW!!! Love this song too!!! I have been a long, long time fan and lover of Johnny Cash...."my broken Guardian Angel" who is humbly a "Survivor of the Fall"!!! (((BIG HUGS to You, Shawn Mullins))) for this beautiful and awesome song!!! What a tribute to Johnny Cash: The Man In Black!!! XXX =]
Being from the South and hearing the blend of Blues and Gospel in this song, with irreverent and practical spirituality, just made my heart glad. There is a lot more gospel in this song than half the songs on popular Christian radio.
peace
justice
Gifted...
"You've got to stand for something, for when you're gone, you're gone. " Amen,. Mr. Mullins. You and the Man in Black are both in my leaky little boat right now, and I'm glad for it.
@herbietunes omg i was there at that concert at Space!!! :D weiiirrrddd
reminds me of geronimos cadilac
OMG ... Shawn I love this song (and I told you at the chicago show at SPACE) !
Brilliant work !
I love this song!
Is the crowd on thorazine?
Much respect for Shawn.
replace the lyric: "Johnny talkin' trash" When you do that, it will be a truly great song. Reason: Cash would never talk trash especily as he's talking about the Bible. Major error.